That person name is Jung Hoseok. He is my friend, my childhood buddy, and the boy that I used to run with by the riverbanks every afternoon.

His family became our neighbor ten years ago after they moved from the city to the town. It was when I was still so young and in first grade. My parents raised me with silence and I was used to it. However, as soon as he came the quiet world that I had broke. Jung Hoseok was the noisiest person that I have ever encountered. His laughter was the loudest and he had a long voice that sounds like an echo sometimes. He, is also a weirdo. He always shouts my name every time we see each other. He is always, constantly waves his hands whenever he sees me. He carried that manner until we climbed to high school.

That person, he is always filled with energy that he naturally harbors. It was contagious. His cheerfulness and loudness was contagious.

He would always embarrass me every time he does say my name and everyone hears it. I often scowl at it too. He was always like that since we came to know each other. He was a strange person that never became lonely or gloomy before. He was childish too. With his manners, gestures and expressions, it was a mismatch with the how he looks like. Although he have grown taller and as a young man, he did not changed.

One time on a day of St. White where the students would prepare gifts for those their heart beats, Hoseok received a confession from one of our friends Hanna. Since he doesn't talk about girls or the things that our fellow adolescents get curious of, it was an excitement for us especially for me. Our expectation in him to reciprocate the affection was a disappointment. He refused to her but continued to treat her casually and as a friend. Those two kept on interacting as if nothing happened. From that day on, he appeared strange to me. He was a paradox. He is person that rejects something earnestly and accepts it nonchalantly. He is a person who would cry and laugh at the same time. He is a person who would be melancholic and bright too at the same time. He is a person who is almost unreal and dream-like. But out of all this things, Hoseok has a strange illness.

It was cancer neither hereditary nor chronic. It was not terminal or temporary. It was not light as a cold or a hay fever. It was not with him six years ago. It just suddenly came to him without an apparent reason or cause. It was curable neither incurable. It was an illness that is rare and difficult. It came during our middle school days. It was not a secret but no one talks of it. From that day on, I began to see him in a different way.

Author's Note:

Hello, this is Dolls2418. This story is solely dedicated for my fellow fans of J-Hope. I hope whoever will read this will appreciate my craft. Thank you!

He, Who Is Theme Songs:

Hold Me Tight by BTS

"I can only see you, I can only see you alone."

Save Me by BTS

"Listen to my heartbeat, it calls you whenever it wants to."